[OSM-talk] administrative boundaries that run along roads - in the Mapnik layer

[Adrian Frith]

On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 10:46 +1300, Robin Paulson wrote:
> > I'd rather vote to prefer highways.  Administrative boundaries are only
> > useful for... the administration.
> 
> maybe, maybe not. but if we represent them with a fine enough line,
> they should not interfere with roads, which physically need a thick
> line to represent them.
> 
> imo, those boundaries shown on the map of cape town are far too thick,
> i'm sure if they were less prominent there would be less of a problem

I agree. In fact, they look *much* better at z15. See, for example,
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-33.95306&lon=18.47802&zoom=15&layers=0BFT
I don't think people would object to boundaries drawn that thin? I mean,
they don't obscure any other detail.

Cheers,
Adrian